Meanings
plural capacitors
- businessAn electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
By placing the 0.02μF capacitor on top of the whistle chip, the circuit oscillates at a lower frequency. […] It is possible to pick resistors and capacitors that will make the pitch higher than humans can hear.
2021 December 28, “Snap Circuits Classic”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, page 27Synonyms: condenser
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From capacity + -or. Capacitor replaced the term condenser (coined by Alessandro Volta in 1782) to disambiguate it from steam condenser. The coiner is unknown but the change was recommended in 1926 by British Standard Glossary of Terms in Electrical Engineering.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُكَثِّف, مُكَثِّفَة
- مُكَثِّف (mukaṯṯif)electronic component
- مُكَثِّفَة (mukaṯṯifa)electronic component
- مُواسِع (mūsiʕ)electronic component
Basque kondentsadore
- kondentsadoreelectronic component
Bulgarian кондензатор
- кондензатор (kondenzator)electronic component
Catalan condensador
- condensadorelectronic component
Chinese Mandarin 電容器 /电容器
- 電容器 /电容器 (diànróngqì)electronic component
Czech kondenzátor
- kondenzátorelectronic component
Danish kondensator, kapacitor
- kondensatorelectronic component
- kapacitorelectronic component
Dutch condensator
- condensatorelectronic component
Esperanto kondensilo
- kondensiloelectronic component
Estonian kondensaator
- kondensaatorelectronic component
Finnish kondensaattori
- kondensaattorielectronic component
French condensateur
- condensateurelectronic component
German Kondensator
- Kondensatorelectronic component
Greek πυκνωτής
- πυκνωτής (pyknotís)electronic component
Hebrew קַבָּל
- קַבָּל (kabal)electronic component
Hindi संधारित्र, कंडेनसर
- संधारित्र (sandhāritra)electronic component
- कंडेनसर (kaṇḍensar)electronic component
- कैपेसिटर (kaipesiṭar)electronic component
Hungarian kondenzátor
- kondenzátorelectronic component
Icelandic þéttir, rafþéttir
- þéttirelectronic component
- rafþéttirelectronic component
- rafmagnsþéttirelectronic component
Indonesian kapasitor, kondensator
- kapasitorelectronic component
- kondensatorelectronic component
Irish toilleoir
- toilleoirelectronic component
Italian condensatore
- condensatoreelectronic component
Japanese コンデンサ, キャパシタ
- コンデンサ (kondensa)electronic component
- キャパシタ (kyapashita)electronic component
Korean 커패시터, 캐패시터
- 커패시터 (keopaesiteo)electronic component
- 캐패시터 (kaepaesiteo)electronic component
- 축전기 (chukjeon'gi)electronic component
- 캡 (kaep)electronic component
Latvian kondensators
- kondensatorselectronic component
Lithuanian kondensatorius
- kondensatoriuselectronic component
Māori pūnga iahiko
- pūnga iahikoelectronic component
Norwegian Bokmål kondensator
- kondensatorelectronic component
Persian خازن
- خازن (xâzen)electronic component
Polish kondensator
- kondensatorelectronic component
Portuguese condensador, capacitor
- condensadorelectronic component
- capacitorelectronic component
Romanian condensator
- condensatorelectronic component
Russian конденса́тор
- конденса́тор (kondensátor)electronic component
Slovak kondenzátor
- kondenzátorelectronic component
Spanish condensador, capacitor
- condensadorelectronic component
- capacitorelectronic component
Swedish kondensator
- kondensatorelectronic component
Tagalog panlulan
- panlulanelectronic component
Thai คาปาซิเตอร์
- คาปาซิเตอร์ (kahpahsituh)electronic component
Turkish kondansatör
- kondansatörelectronic component
Vietnamese tụ điện
- tụ điệnelectronic component
Cite this entry
capacitor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capacitor
“capacitor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capacitor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capacitor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capacitor.
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